Picturing the Pandemic is proud to collaborate with the Hartford Public Library (HPL) and the Hartford History Center on our Hartford exhibition, which was on display from October through December 2022.

In addition to Pandemic Journaling Project images, the Hartford exhibition includes works from the Hartford 2020 collection, commissioned by HPL, by documentary photographers Andy Hart, Jasmine Jones, and Ray Shaw.

Other local materials are included as well (details below).

Local sponsors

Hartford Public Library, UConn Hartford, UConn College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UConn Humanities Institute, UConn Human Rights Institute, UConn’s Office of the Provost, UConn Global.

Library programs

In the months leading up to the exhibition, we asked visitors to HPL and UConn’s Hartford campus to grab a post-it note and share their response to the question:  “Dear Pandemic, I am feeling very…”. A selection of responses is now on display as part of the exhibition.

In Summer 2022, the Hartford Public Library also hosted a children’s program featuring Picturing the Pandemic at six library branches, with generous support from UConn’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

A collection of the children’s art created at the programs is on display as part of the exhibition as well.